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Limbaugh: Obama nominee Tom Perez may as well be Hugo Chavez

“Tom Perez Obama’s nominee to replace Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, my as well be Hugo Chavez and that is no exaggeration.” Limbaugh also linked the nomination of Perez to Bush 43 nominating a Klansman to his cabinet, to which he said there would be outrage and unmitigated hell to pay. But for this he says the media will be silent and then proceeded to explain Tom Perez’s rap sheet, saying he may be the most radical leftist Obama has ever nominated to his cabinet.

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President Barack Obama has chosen Thomas Perez, a top Justice Department official, to be the next secretary of labor, calling him a consensus builder whose "story reminds us of this country's promise."